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Air carrier mist go around as tower controller clears aircraft to position and hold, but does not clear for takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 154879 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199008 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 400 agl bound upper : 400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 154879 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 400 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
On a clear night at dfw our aircraft was cleared to land on runway 17L. A small plane was cleared into position on the same runway and told to expect an immediate departure. The tower got distraction with other planes and forgot to clear the plane on the runway for takeoff. Seeing the anti-collision lights at the end of the runway caused me to ask the tower about the plane. We were immediately told to go around. The controller involved never made another comment. The distraction controller lost track of what was important. If we hadn't seen the anti-collision lights (aptly named) on the runway we could have had an accident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MIST GO AROUND AS TWR CTLR CLEARS ACFT TO POSITION AND HOLD, BUT DOES NOT CLEAR FOR TKOF.
Narrative: ON A CLR NIGHT AT DFW OUR ACFT WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 17L. A SMALL PLANE WAS CLRED INTO POS ON THE SAME RWY AND TOLD TO EXPECT AN IMMEDIATE DEP. THE TWR GOT DISTR WITH OTHER PLANES AND FORGOT TO CLR THE PLANE ON THE RWY FOR TKOF. SEEING THE ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS AT THE END OF THE RWY CAUSED ME TO ASK THE TWR ABOUT THE PLANE. WE WERE IMMEDIATELY TOLD TO GO AROUND. THE CTLR INVOLVED NEVER MADE ANOTHER COMMENT. THE DISTR CTLR LOST TRACK OF WHAT WAS IMPORTANT. IF WE HADN'T SEEN THE ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS (APTLY NAMED) ON THE RWY WE COULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.